Arthur and Annie Pope are '60s radicals who have eluded the FBI for 16 years after bombing a napalm laboratory as a Vietnam War protest. This lifestyle involves continually moving and establishing new identities, which is especially hard on their children, 18-year-old Danny (River Phoenix) and 10-year-old Harry, who can never hold onto friends or create an academic record. This last problem comes to the fore when they arrive in a New Jersey town where the high school music teacher takes an interest in Danny's piano playing and encourages him to apply to Juilliard. Danny yearns to follow this dream, but knows that separating from his parents would be permanent -- the aging hippies rarely even see their own parents, and can never inform anyone where they've moved. Arthur can't stand the idea of breaking up the family, which is the only thing that allows him to tolerate life on the move, but Annie sees her own sacrificed dreams in her son's musical talents, and pressures Arthur to grant the Danny his independence. Meanwhile, Danny falls in love with the daughter of his music teacher (Martha Plimpton), but can't allow himself to get too close to her, because he may have to leave again at any moment.

DAMON MAULUCCI recently wrote, directed and produced the feature film, DETONATOR. A Geekadelphia